Death toll rises to 62 in Qingdao pipeline blast

Updated: 2013-12-03 09:32

(Xinhua)

QINGDAO - The death toll from an oil pipeline blast on Nov 22 in Qingdao city of East China's Shandong province rose to 62 as of Tuesday morning, as body of the last missing person was retrieved on Monday, according to the rescue headquarters.

Death toll rises to 62 in Qingdao pipeline blast

The site of a pipeline explosion in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, Nov 22, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

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